crypto price today: Crypto Price Today: Bitcoin holds $17k; Dogecoin, Ethereum and Solana gain up to 4%

New Delhi: The crypto market remained firm during the early Asian hours on Monday as the investors were hopeful at a more dovish US Federal Reserve.

Bitcoin held the $17,000 mark, whereas Ethereum was marching towards the $1,300 mark. The Federal Open Market Committee would likely raise interest rates 50 basis points instead of continuing its current diet of 75 bps.

Barring the Tron, top crypto tokens were trading higher on Monday. Solana jumped more than 4%, whereas Etheruem, Dogecoin and Polkadot were 3% up each. Tron dropped over a per cent.

The global cryptocurrency market cap was up as much as 2% in the last 24 hours at $866 billion. The total trading volume jumped about 9% to $33.10 billion.


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